May 09 2012
May 9, 2012
“The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.” — Howard Zinn …
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Archive for May, 2012
May 08 2012
ALABAMA SHAKES
Check out Alabama Shakes, a rock based in based in Athens, Alabama. We played their song “Hold On” today on Uprising.
More about them at www.alabamashakes.com
Streaming music at www.myspace.com/alabamashakes
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Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
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May 08 2012
Europe’s Elections Signal Winds of Serious Change
Elections in a number of Europeans nations over the weekend were widely seen as popular referenda against harsh austerity measures adopted by governments in response to the fiscal crisis. In France Francois Hollande beat incumbent Nicholas Sarkozy, making him the first Socialist Party leader to be President in 17 years. On the same day, in Greece, elections yielded wins for …
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May 08 2012
Palestinian Hunger Strikers Demand End to Harsh Conditions
Palestinian prisoners began their fourth week of hunger strikes today protesting abusive and sub-standard conditions in Israeli jails in what has been dubbed by supporters as the War of the Empty Stomachs. The 1,500 inmates are demanding the Israeli government restore visitation rights to family members and end the use of Administrative Detentions, which allows for the arrest and …
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May 08 2012
Billionaires’ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality
In advance of an upcoming report, the Economic Policy Institute released its findings last week that CEO compensation increased over 725% between 1978 and 2011. Over the same period, the average worker’s compensation inched up by a relatively measly 5.6%. In their new book, Billionaires’ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality, Linda McQuaig and Neil …
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May 08 2012
May 8, 2012
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition… is … the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.” — Adam Smith …
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May 04 2012
Weekly Digest – 05/04/12
This week on Uprising —
Special Report from Los Angeles’ May Day Actions: Four Winds Convergence and LAX Disruption – May Day Activities in New York Lead to 50 Arrests – The Curious Case of Chen Guangcheng – Murdoch “Not Fit” to Head News Corp
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May 04 2012
J. T. Ready Murder/Suicide Raises Questions Around Domestic Violence & Right Wing Politics
The murder/suicide that left 5 people dead in Gilbert, Arizona on Wednesday was carried out by a man infamous for espousing neo-Nazi beliefs and founding a border patrol militia. The shooter, Jason Todd Ready, aka JT Ready, was profiled as a “nativist leader” in 2008 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which cited him as advocating for violence on the …
May 04 2012
Jack Black On Charlie Haden’s Legacy
The 2nd Annual KPFK Hero Awards this Sunday recognizes, among others, the legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden. For more than 50 years Haden has been collaborating with such greats as Ornette Coleman, Billy Higgins, John Coltrane, Chet Baker and others. In 1969 he founded the multi-award winning Liberation Music Orchestra whose first album was considered a “milestone of modern music, …
